"Cherokee" is one of those great jazz tunes, and I've reworked it with a different drum feel. A cool version of it was done on Hillbilly Jazz featuring the late great Vassar Clements. Done in Logic Pro, I'm on all instruments. Hope you like it, please leave me some feedback. Not for commercial duplication or distribution.

Cherokee

Another original, this one's called "The Covid Blues" - written around April 2020, just when we were all starting to get cabin fever. It's a minor blues, and I'm on all instruments, done in Logic Pro.

The Covid Blues

"Samba D'Outono" was my second original, and this is Air Apparent, circa 1982, recorded at Village Recorders with me on violin, the late Frank Kimbrough on piano (a lovingly restored 1928 Steinway in that studio), Ed Howard on bass, and Steve Williams on drums. God I miss that group and that time!

Samba D'Outono

Always & Forever is one of my favorite ballads by Pat Metheny. I'd recorded this song before, but decided to take another pass at it and add synth strings. This is not for commercial use of duplication. Please let me know what you think...

Always and Forever

"If I Could" is another lovely Metheny ballad - he did this tune live in February 2022 in Durham on his Side Eye 2022 tour. An elegant, lovely, almost sentimental (in the best sense of the word) tune! I'm on all instruments, done in Logic Pro. Not for commercial distribution or duplication.

If I Could

"My One and Only Love" by Guy Wood and Robert Mellin, is one of my favorite jazz ballads of all time. I'm on all instruments, and would love your feedback, both from an aesthetic and production standpoint. This is not for commercial duplication or distribution.

My One and Only Love

Ray Noble's Cherokee is one of my favorite songs, there's almost a country feel to it (and of course, Hillbilly Jazz featured the great Vassar Clements had that happening). Done in Logic Pro, no commercial duplication or distribution.

"Someday My Prince Will Come" was one of the first jazz tunes I ever heard - my late cousin Harry Kradjian had that album and was my first guide to jazz. That era of Miles was so cool - such a relaxed, swinging sound. I'm on all instruments, done in Logic Pro. No commercial duplication or distribution.

Someday My Prince Will Come

"Someone to Watch Over Me" is one of my favorite ballads of all time - there is an especially moving live version done by Stephane Grappelli with the Oscar Peterson Trio, that's my primary inspiration. I'd love some feedback on this, particularly how you think the violin is recorded; I'm on all tracks, not for commercial replication or distribution.

Someone To Watch Over Me

Armen Boyajian is a violinist, pianist and composer. He formed his jazz quartet Air Apparent in Washington, DC in the early eighties. The group included the late Frank Kimbrough (piano), Ed Howard (bass), Steve Williams (drums) as well Armen on electric violin. They performed in NYC, Baltimore, DC, Augusta GA & Charlotte.  Since Ed Howard had already gone on the road with Roy Haynes and Steve Williams with Shirley Horn, Air Apparent also featured Onaje Allan Gumbs, Stafford James, Curtis Lundy, and Tim Horner. Armen plays Not a musical elitist, Armen has also played bluegrass and other genres. His original “Waltz for Bill Evans” was named Best Jazz Composition by the Washington Area Music Association. With Armen on piano, Air Apparent with Carl Brown on vocals & fluegelhorn was named Best Jazz Band by Augusta Magazine in 2001. That group featured Armen on piano, George Sykes on bass, and Erik Hargrove on drums. Wynton Marsalis and Wycliffe Gordon sat in with them in 1999 and a great time was had by all!

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